"Cat Cora", for those of you who aren't FoodNetwork devotees, is one of the favorite Iron Chefs in our household, for many reasons, not the least of which are:

1) She's the sole female Iron Chef.

2) She shares the name with my wonderful, awesome, amazing wife. Maybe not the same skillz in the kitchen.

3) She's a lot better looking than Julia Child was.

I hope that you aren't watching these as you are trying to run out the door to work. These things can be hypnotizing and before you know it, you've spent hours just gazing at them. The VIDEOS, not Cat Cora's legs. (Now MY Cora's legs, them things will hyp-MO-tize me for hours on end.)

To answer your question (And thanks for asking) Here in Canada, there isn't as much of: 'you have to get into a good college' thing as in the US. Marissa's plans (so she says) are to take a year (or two) off after grade 12, i: because she will still be only 17, ii: she wants to work a bit to save money for college iii: she has NO idea what she wants to do with her life. Plus she may take a few extra high school courses to up her marks (that is a big thing around here these days). Or she may just join the Navy!I know G is younger but she have an idea what she wants to do after high school??

Candy – Statler and Waldorf rule. They could only be more awesome if they were Stottler!

Shana – I didn't go to a "good school" and look how I turned out… Wait, that girl's going to a good school! She's not turning out like me! But seriously, I think there's too much pressure on all of that, too. And if she joins the Navy, will the government help pay for college when she gets out? That would be nice, if she doesn't know what she wants to do yet. Oh, and she wants to be a stop motion animator.